It's all a bit frustrating at the moment really. We're champing at the bit to get on with things but solicitors and banks seem incapable of moving along quickly
To recap, we're now simply waiting for the last piece of paperwork on the purchase of the house in Kettering and then we can exchange contracts and agree completion dates on both properties.
I'm going to be pushing all parties hard on that next week, I want the earliest possible completion date set in concrete by next Friday.
The lift out and survey on the new boat is booked for the second weekend in January. Unless the keels fall off or something equally dramatic I don't expect to learn anything that will put us off or affect the deal. (In fact, as there's a survey less than 10 years old available, we could have avoided the expense of having a survey done now. However, we'd then have needed a survey all the sooner and given that we're blowing our entire budget on the purchase it's probably wise to get the boat checked over and make certain there are no hidden nasty surprises)
We're now in the middle of two trips down to Erbas in less than a week! We've come down this weekend to have a major clear out of all our personal gear, which really needs to come off over the winter anyway, and to move as much of the boat kit as possible that won't be sold with Erbas into the Boson 's Store
It's a properly windy day today and we had a bit of a disturbed night last night. Not so much the wind, that really doesn't bother us much, but neither of us slept that well.
We'll crack on in a while, it shouldn't take long to do what needs doing, and then it's back home in the morning.
We'll be back down on Wednesday to spruce up Erbas to look her best as a chap is coming to look at her on Thursday. It would be very useful indeed if we could sell Erbas at around the same time as buying Pagan, or even sooner, thus avoiding owning two boats which can get very costly!
On with the kettle I think and then it's time for some action!
To recap, we're now simply waiting for the last piece of paperwork on the purchase of the house in Kettering and then we can exchange contracts and agree completion dates on both properties.
I'm going to be pushing all parties hard on that next week, I want the earliest possible completion date set in concrete by next Friday.
The lift out and survey on the new boat is booked for the second weekend in January. Unless the keels fall off or something equally dramatic I don't expect to learn anything that will put us off or affect the deal. (In fact, as there's a survey less than 10 years old available, we could have avoided the expense of having a survey done now. However, we'd then have needed a survey all the sooner and given that we're blowing our entire budget on the purchase it's probably wise to get the boat checked over and make certain there are no hidden nasty surprises)
We're now in the middle of two trips down to Erbas in less than a week! We've come down this weekend to have a major clear out of all our personal gear, which really needs to come off over the winter anyway, and to move as much of the boat kit as possible that won't be sold with Erbas into the Boson 's Store
It's a properly windy day today and we had a bit of a disturbed night last night. Not so much the wind, that really doesn't bother us much, but neither of us slept that well.
We'll crack on in a while, it shouldn't take long to do what needs doing, and then it's back home in the morning.
We'll be back down on Wednesday to spruce up Erbas to look her best as a chap is coming to look at her on Thursday. It would be very useful indeed if we could sell Erbas at around the same time as buying Pagan, or even sooner, thus avoiding owning two boats which can get very costly!
On with the kettle I think and then it's time for some action!
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